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| Country | Vietnam | | Capital | Hanoi | | Location | Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia | | Size | 329,560 sq km | | Terrain | low, flat delta in south and north; central highlands; hilly, mountainous in far north and northwest | | Climate | tropical in south; monsoonal in north with hot, rainy season (mid-May to mid-September) and warm, dry season (mid-October to mid-March) | | Languages | Vietnamese (official), English (increasingly favored as a second language), some French, Chinese, and Khmer; mountain area languages (Mon-Khmer and Malayo-Polynesian) | | Nationality | noun: Vietnamese (singular and plural)
adjective: Vietnamese | | Religion | Buddhist, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai, Christian (predominantly Roman Catholic, some Protestant), indigenous beliefs, Muslim | | Currency | dong (VND) | | Exports | crude oil, marine products, rice, coffee, rubber, tea, garments, shoes |
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